Photography Blog Round Up: Week of December 2, 2013 - PPA Today

Photography Blog Round Up: Week of December 2, 2013

It's Friday, which means it's time for an update on some of the great photography content we've found around the web! We hope these blog posts will help inspire you and help you sharpen your photography techniques and business practices.

Here are ten posts from the week of December 2, 2013:

An Intro to Adventure Sports Photography: 10 Photographers You Need to Check Out

Peta Pixel features several sports photographers making a name for themselves in this post. There's some great imagery from these photographers that may help inspire you sports photographers out there! Read the post.

How to Wirelessly Tether Your Camera to Lightroom

Looking to improve your workflow for large scale photo shoots? Check out this post from Imaging USA instructor Benjamin Von Wong on a good method for wirelessly tethering your camera to Lightroom for quick processing.

Determining If A Photo Should Be Left In Color Or Converted To Black And White

How do you know if an image has the most impact in black and white or in color? FStoppers shares advice for making this decision, culled from many photographers. Read these tips.

Tips for Overcoming Shyness as a Photographer

Good communication is vital to creating the images your clients want and keeping them happy. But what do you do if you're shy and don't like directing people during a photo shoot? DIY Photography shares advice for overcoming shyness in this post.

Creative Uses for a Wide Angle Lens

PhotoFocus turns to photographer Thomas Shue to share how he uses wide angle lenses. Find out ways to use wide angle lenses that you may never have considered for portraiture, landscape photography and more. Read the post.

Are You a Light Snob?

Do you give up on an image when the lighting just can't be perfect? This post from Photography Concentrate by Lauren Lim is for you! Find out how to create great images in even so-called "bad lighting" situations. Read the advice.

Looking to do winter landscape photography? This post from Photography Blogger shows what you can do with even the bleakest of winter landscapes. Get inspired.

A Magic Tip from Peter Hurley to Improve Your Headshot Photography

This post is great for any photographer that does portraiture. Photographer Peter Hurley shares tips to create more creative headshots in this post on the Photo Argus. Check it out.

Jiha Moon and Kombo Chapfika Debate Fair Use

Creative Loafing examines an issue that affects photographer's copyrights - when appropriating and drastically changing another's copyrighted work is it considered fair use? This article tells the story of two artists in Atlanta and their stance on the issue. Read the article.

There you have it! Happy reading and we hope that you find some inspiration. Don't forget that members can access PPA's social network theLoop to share photography ideas as well.